Overwatch Wiki Guide

Roadhog

The large, rotund Roadhog is one of the many Characters in Overwatch. He specializes in pulling enemies to him, ruining team lineups and pulling people out of position. For more on him, his skills and ways to beat him, continue reading down the page!

Roadhog is a Tank character with powerful close range capabilities. What makes him unique is his Chain Hook, which can pull enemies towards him. This is very powerful, as it yanks people out of position and towards you and your allies, virtually guaranteeing a kill. He also has a ton of health, and can sustain himself through his healing skill.

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What Roadhog lacks is mobility and range. He isn't particularly fast, and his weapon can only be effective at close range, anything beyond that and he might as well not be shooting at all. Although a tank, he works better as a beefy assassin, and not someone who should be relied on to start massive team fights.

Scrap Gun: Roadhog's main weapon, it fires a wide spread of shrapnel, like a shotgun. The range is limited, but the power is high, particularly to point blank targets. The alternate fire shoots a clump of shrapnel that explodes like a grenade on impact.

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Take a Breather: Drink from your giant flask, regaining a large portion of your health. While doing this, Roadhog cannot move or fire a weapon, and the process takes a few seconds to complete.

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Chain Hook: Throw out a huge hook in front of you. If it hits a person, you yank them back towards you, stunning them for a brief moment when they get to you, allowing you to shoot them at point blank range with your Scrap Gun.

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Whole Hog (Ultimate): Jam a huge loader onto your Scrap Gun, turning it into a non stop firing chain gun of shrapnel destruction. While this skill is active, Roadhog won't stop firing, he does more damage, and the spread of his weapon is far greater than usual.

Roadhog is best when played aggressively. Get up in the action, yank characters across the map, and shoot them in the head during the brief moment they are stunned.

His hook is amazing at pulling people out of their camping spots. Widowmaker up high? Hook her! Pharah flying through the skies? Hook her!

Even without the hook, Roadhog has amazing endurance. He has a ton of health and a powerful heal that is on just a few second cooldown. You don't need to always land the hook to be effective so long as you are up front, blasting away at enemies with your scrap gun.

His ultimate is both powerful and annoying for your enemies. Not only does it deal high damage at close range, but it has a knockback back effect. You can use it to easily shove enemies out of position while also taking damage.

After the Omnic Crisis, government officials gifted the Australian omnium and the surrounding area to the Omnics that had nearly destroyed their country, hoping to establish a long-term peace accord. This arrangement permanently displaced Mako Rutledge and a large number of the Outback's residents, a scattered collection of survivalists, solar farmers, and people who just wanted to be left alone.

Furious over the loss of their homes, Mako and others turned to violent rebellion. They formed the Australian Liberation Front and struck against the omnium and its robot population to take back the lands that had been stolen. Events continued to escalate until the rebels sabotaged the omnium's fusion core, resulting in an explosion that destroyed the facility, irradiated the region, and littered the Outback with twisted metal and wreckage for kilometers around.

Mako watched as his home became an apocalyptic wasteland, and he was forever changed.

Adapting to his environment, he donned a mask and took to the broken highways of the Outback on his ramshackle chopper. Little by little, his humanity was forgotten. The last vestiges of Mako faded away and the ruthless killer Roadhog was born.